My reaction was the same when I heard it on the radio this morning. He could have expressed the rise of ISIS under Obama's watch in many different ways. Intelligent ways backed up by facts and data. Yet once again he gives the loud mouth at the end of the bar comment, and once again a free gift to the liberal media.
I have said this before. Saddam is the founder of ISIS. He began Sharia Law punishments in the 1990's. Now it is the Baath party officers running ISIS. So lets give credit where credit is due. I agree that Obama has helped them by pulling our troops out. Then leaving them all of our equipment. Yes he has aided the enemy.
But Trump deserves to know that he has praised ISIS by praising the real founder Saddam Hussein.
The Rise of ISIS Predates the Fall of Saddam Hussein
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http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/431380/by David French February 15, 2016 6:20 PM @DavidAFrench
Excerpt
The shift was accompanied by a domestic “Islamization,” with regime media dropping references to a “secular state” and describing the war against Iran as a “jihad.” The changes accelerated after 1989 when Michel Aflaq, the Christian founder of the Baath Party, died, and Mr. Hussein claimed that Mr. Aflaq had converted to Islam. Alive, Mr. Aflaq was a bulwark against Islamization; as a dead convert, he could — and did — baptize a new direction.
Allegedly “secular” Iraq implemented a version of Shariah law, and its military became increasingly radicalized. Saddam himself implemented a “Faith Campaign” that spiraled out of control:
But what began as a cynical attempt to shore up support, as the regime retreated to its Sunni tribal base, took on a life of its own, transforming Iraq into an Islamist state and imposing lasting changes on Iraqi society . . . The Faith Campaign claimed to be ecumenical, but its clear pro-Sunni tilt led to a final collapse of relations between the state and the Shiite population and heightened sectarian tensions. In the Sunni areas, however, the campaign was effective, creating a religious movement I call Baathi-Salafism, under Mr. Hussein’s leadership. It also eased strains between the regime and independent religious movements like the “pure” Salafists, whose long opposition to the regime gave way to some of its members serving in its administration, even though Mr. Hussein was warned by his intelligence chief that if the alliance continued, the Salafists would eventually supplant the regime.
Thus, al Qaeda in Iraq wasn’t so much a new movement as an expression of many Saddam loyalists’ actual religious convictions:
There was never any “Baathist coup” of former regime elements inside the Islamic State, as some analysts assume, because these men had long since abandoned Baathism. They joined Al Qaeda in Iraq early after the invasion as an act of ideological conviction, and when Al Qaeda in Iraq’s leadership was nearly destroyed in 2008-10, these officers were the last men standing precisely because of their superior counterintelligence and security skills.
Orton concludes:
The Islamic State was not created by removing Saddam Hussein’s regime; it is the afterlife of that regime.
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http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/431380/Donald Trump Praises Brutal Dictator Saddam Hussein At North Carolina Rally
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/07/05/donald-trump-praises-brutal-dictator-saddam-hussein-north-carolina-rally.htmlIRAQ
Iraq's Brutal Decrees
Amputation, Branding and the Death Penalty
https://www.hrw.org/reports/1995/IRAQ955.htmSharia Law in 1995 under Saddam Hussein.
Baathist Party is ISIS
